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<blockquote data-quote="dfanonymous" data-source="post: 2680063" data-attributes="member: 97050"><p>Horses are low impact on the trail and wilderness. Wilderness/forestry etc go by traffic. For every 20 hikers .3 of a horse is not a problem. </p><p></p><p>So, with that said, if every "senior" gets to go wizzing into these areas with Ebikes, that traffic will increase, simply because it's permitted. It will undermine the point of going into these areas, which is to literally get away from other people. </p><p></p><p>Creating an age limitation is umm…shady at best too. Let's say you're 62, do you have to really have to wait another 3 years to get to go driving by a 20 year old who's sweating, feeling the burn and working his *** off hiking in?? </p><p></p><p>Even so, a lot of these areas out west can't be accessed with e-bikes even if they let it happen. Like the ebike is incapable of negotiating the terrain. </p><p></p><p>Honestly, if you never dirt biked on a black diamond trail, then you're really going to be in for a surprise when there's no road and you're in the same terrain, to include river crossings. Then of course, if something bad happens, you have someone who was too old to have walked in the first place, stuck in the backcountry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dfanonymous, post: 2680063, member: 97050"] Horses are low impact on the trail and wilderness. Wilderness/forestry etc go by traffic. For every 20 hikers .3 of a horse is not a problem. So, with that said, if every “senior” gets to go wizzing into these areas with Ebikes, that traffic will increase, simply because it’s permitted. It will undermine the point of going into these areas, which is to literally get away from other people. Creating an age limitation is umm…shady at best too. Let’s say you’re 62, do you have to really have to wait another 3 years to get to go driving by a 20 year old who’s sweating, feeling the burn and working his *** off hiking in?? Even so, a lot of these areas out west can’t be accessed with e-bikes even if they let it happen. Like the ebike is incapable of negotiating the terrain. Honestly, if you never dirt biked on a black diamond trail, then you’re really going to be in for a surprise when there’s no road and you’re in the same terrain, to include river crossings. Then of course, if something bad happens, you have someone who was too old to have walked in the first place, stuck in the backcountry. [/QUOTE]
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